society and us

  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 4

    My seven months at Pardeux is a time I could probably write a book about. Closer to home, the company was everything I wanted, and it was heaven when I was hired. But soon I saw that the time came for me to have a nasty boss, again. 🙂 A person can be dark and

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 3

    So In 2017, I started looking for work – again. I built a portfolio (a great friend helped me), had 2 interviews and the second interview gave me a full-time job as an Instructional Designer with Novaconcept, an elearning company in Montreal. I was ecstatic. G., the president and senior ID, is an emphatic, competent

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 2

    So early 2010, I lost my job as a project manager in translation. The boss there had made me feel incompetent and dumb. I thought that translation was not for me, project management even less so, so I ran back to where I had been happy before: language classes, teaching, education, and people! For the

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  • 14 years in Quebec: an immigrant’s path to a fulfilling professional life – 1

    I started working when I was 21, freshly graduating from college in summer 2000. I quickly found a job as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) instructor in a vocational school in Chisinau, Moldova. After three months though, I left to teach EFL in a big private school. I was delighted: full-time work, good

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  • I work, therefore … I am?

    I work, therefore … I am?

    Glorifying busy-ness is a statement. You tell Life that you are worth something because you work a lot. Every time I speak to someone who says: “Oh, I thrive on stress,” a little light bulb lights up in my head: watch out, a perfectionist is coming your way. Let’s speak about perfectionism, what it is,

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  • Despre oameni… sau scoala vietii

    Exista oameni-pauza. Eu asa yi numesc pe cei in compania carora simti cum toate celulele corpului tau se relaxeaza, zimbesc si zic: cu aceasta persoana nu trebuie sa conving, sa ma protejez sau sa invat nimic. Acum e pauza mea. Acesti oameni stiu deja totul, sint la acelasi nivel cu mine, au o traire usoara

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  • Cumatrismul

    Cumatra si cumatrul… cumatrie… cuvintele astea au semnificatie puternica in Moldova, si respectiv, la moldovenii emigrati oriunde in lume. Eu sint o emigrata moldoveanca in Canada, in Montreal, si deci am chef sa vorbesc azi depre cumatrism si despre dorinta eterna a moldoveanului sa respecte traditiile, cu orice pret. Cumatrismul e fratele fuduliei. Cum numai

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  • Social media si eu: love-hate relationship

    Azi incep un detox Facebook. Azi am decis ca e timpul sa-mi traiesc viata in afara ochilor lumii. Azi am zis stop tuturor conflictelor, mici si mari, care le-am avut online si offline, si ma apuc de impletit, de copt piine si placinte, si de alergat diminetile. Sa vedem cum merge. Peste o saptamina, revin

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  • Dupa cearta viata nu-i?

    Dupa cearta viata nu-i?

    Eu nu sint o tipa care tace si se da intr-o parte cind ceva nu merge. Eu deschid gura si spun, cind mai obiectiv, cind mai aprins, in dependenta de cit de mult tin la persoana data. Si nu inteleg, la dracu, amush 40 de ani am si tot nu inteleg: de ce conflictul inseamna

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  • Alerta Oranj, sau Pe alocuri, viscole: cartea care se citeste dintr-o rasuflare…

    Eu voi fi sincera si voi spune chiar de la inceput ca-l cunosc pe Vitalie Vovc, autorul cartii despre care intentionez sa scriu acum, de prin anii 98-99, cind eram studenti la universitatea de Stat Al. Russo din Balti, Moldova. Si iarasi sincer voi spune ca-l admiram. Pe el si pe toti colegii lui de

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